Recurrent soft palatal tumour: from pleomorphic adenoma to mucoepidermoid carcinoma

Sobhashinni Chandran; Sugunah Sallapan; Senthilraj Retinasekharan; Halimmudin Sawali; Lum Sai Guan

doi:10.18203/2349-2902.isj20231392

Authors

Sobhashinni Chandran Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz, Malaysia
Sugunah Sallapan Department of Pathology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
Senthilraj Retinasekharan Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Shah Alam Hospital, Malaysia
Halimmudin Sawali Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital Queen Elizabeth, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
Lum Sai Guan Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2349-2902.isj20231392

Keywords:

Histology, Minor salivary gland, Mucoepidermoid carcinoma, Neoplasms, Soft palate

Abstract

Cases of mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) is common among major salivary gland neoplasms, however infrequent cases are reported for this growth over the palatal region. We presented a case of a 50-year-old gentleman whom presented with tumour over soft palate with 3 different histopathological reports. This gentleman had history of excision of right soft palatal mass on his first presentation which was reported as palatal pleomorphic adenoma, he however had tumour recurrence over the same site after 3 years whereby biopsy was read as squamous cell carcinoma. A wide local excision of the tumour was performed and final report was disclosed as mucoepidermoid carcinoma.

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